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Thursday January 22, 2009
Posted by: CARE at 12:55PM EST on January 22, 2009
Written by Christy Turlington Burns.
It's time to get rid of a policy that kills women around the world. ... (more) Friday December 19, 2008
Posted by: CARE at 3:27PM EST on December 19, 2008
Day 1 Observations from the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland, held Dec. 1 - 12. This is my first UN conference on climate change. I used to attend HIV/AIDS conferences, and today, being December 1st –World AIDS Day – my thoughts go back to those moments. It is a very different atmosphere here in Poznan, with many scientists and, on the surface, fewer activists. But the truth is that here, too, there are many deeply passionate and committed people. Civil society organizations attending this conference are truly acting as watchdogs of governments and holding delegates accountable. ... (more)Wednesday October 15, 2008
Posted by: CARE at 7:17PM EST on October 15, 2008
Healthy women and babies are dying from something natural and manageable – giving birth. In the poorest parts of the world, a woman's lifetime risk of death from complications during pregnancy and childbirth is 1 in 6, compared to as little as 1 in 30,000 in Northern Europe.
... (more) Friday October 10, 2008
Posted by: CARE at 10:04AM EST on October 10, 2008
It happened yet again. This time it was on a Friday evening, just before the weekend. Usually, it happens around the holidays. Either right before or smack in the middle of it. Sometimes you wonder whether it is a coincidence or it is a strategy. Maybe it is both.
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